MA Man

[Tuidjy]

I build one spearman for every nine longbowmen in the very early game. When I
decide that need the cash for something else, and thus stop running out of
resources, I replace the spearmen with tower guards. I will not really recruit
heavy cavalry until I know who my first victim will be, and of course, heavy
cavalry is not necessarily good against everyone.

Bards are so damn effective that if Man was otherwise balanced, I would call them
an exploit. Unfortunately, Man is a rather limited race, and thus they need the
bards to survive. In MP games, there are a few things you really must do as Man:

1. Get a pretender with Air 4, and Nature 4. This is not a suggestion, it's a
must, period. Fire 1, Death 3 and Earth 4 are also very good to have. If you
dare, go with a rainbow pretender. Survive the first year, and you'll do fine.

2. Get a good, firm ally, who can help your pathetically limited magic. Go to war
on his side, as early as possible. Cripple the target with your bards. Start them
on the enemy capital as soon as you dare.

3. Try hard for the Air Queens and Treelords. Get as many Fairy Queens as you can.

4. Mass archers, use flaming arrows, spam lightning. Know these will stop working.